, 1887-02-10

Otas
The Waltz club occupies the Con-
cOrdia hall tomorrow and 10y VIII
be with them.
A dog fight on Main street yester-
day afternoon drew the customary
large audience.
Sleighing is about as good now as
IL has been any time this winter ana
people are enjoying 1t.
The trains were little off sched.
ule time yesterday, but they VIII
not probably keep up this system
very long.
Services at the Congregational
church tonight. Subject OF discourse
"How Shall ! Know Whether am
a Christian?"
The ladies of the Episcopal Guild
are requested to meet at the rooms
of Mrs. T. G. Gritfitts this afternoon
at 2 o'clock. A full attendance is re-
quested.
The rotund form of Hon. o. A.
Dodge, of Fish Lake, was on our
streets yesterday, seemingly In his
usual happy frame of mind.
A horse belonging to John Todd
in rolling In the snow yesterday
morning happened to strik ke brok-
en- bottle and received long, deep
and serious cash in the side.
From the numerous orders for
masks being received by dealers 1t
Is evident that large per cent. OF
the population proposes to attend the
masquerade Saturday night
The telephone line is now up and
In working order between Occur
d'Alene and Wardner, and 1t Is the
intention of the company to keep 1t
in that shape from now on.
Signal Officer Hemingway, in max
ing up his monthly report, finds that
hs is short fourteen miles Of wind.
Can't some good natured real estate
dealer make up the deficiency?
A jolly crowd of the boys were out
on elongated bObs last evening be-
hind a couple of horses driven tand-
EN-, filling the chill atmosphere with
breezy, If not classically musical, car
olings.
M. Toklas, manager of the Great
Eastern, left a few days since for
San Francisco on business and
pleasure trip. His friends would
not be surprised II he returned this
time accompanied with a Mrs. Tok-
las.
o. b. Hardy, of Camp Hardy, the
promising mining camp near the
Mission, was i'm the city yesterday.
He is ON his way to the coast to
make arrangements for machinery
for handling the ores at the Camp
Hardy mines.
The well-known builder, j. w.
Lewis, left last evening on the west
bound train for Portland, where he
goes to purchase material for the
large passenger depot in this city.
which will be pushed to completion
as soon as spring opens.
Lane Gillian, who has been hold
ing a position with Sherwood n
Dempsie for some time, is now out
of the store and gentleman of lei
sure. Lane does not say what he in
tends doing with himself this sum
mer, but he will be into something.
A number of large parties were
out enjoying themselves in box sleds
drawn by four horses last evening.
The merry laugh of the gliders re-
minded old people of the days of
their youth and the happy hours
spent in the same kind of amuse-
ment.
The many friends of Mrs. Jas.
Rusk will regret to learn that she
met with sad loss yesterday morn
ing in the death of an eight year old
son, Willie, bright and promising
child. The funeral will tai" place
from the residence this aftc ~ at
2 2o'clock.
Otto Gunderson, whose establish
ment is around on Main street be-
tween Howard and Stevens, has on
hand a large assortment Of costumes
for mask balls. Those who contem-
plate turning out Saturday night
should 60 around and examine the
selection.
Work on the sewer is progressing
slowly on account of the frozen con-
dition of the ground, and the hard
ship of working in the open air
when the thermometer indicates
about zero. The moment thaw
takes place the enterprise will be
pushed ahead.
The drunk who was cast into the
dungeon Tuesday night became so
exasperated at being confined in
such a dismal den that he attacked
the stove, the only piece OF furniture
in the room, and when he got
through with it the specimen Of
hardware was complete wreck.
Judge and Mrs. Turner returned
yesterday from Olympia, where the
Judge has been acting as q member
of the supreme court for several
weeks. The gentleman met with
many congratulations at his home
upon his decision in the woman suf-
frage case, and probably is deeply
cursed in other qnarters, although
there has been little heard from
those who do not believe that way.
1t is reported that transportation
and travel has been suspended on
Lake Occur d'Alene. This il true,
but the embargo is only of tempor-
ary nature. AS soon as there Is
IN, hn xxnafl,nr 1NNafc will